This study evaluates three alternatives locations for building a fresh water dam in the Yesilirmak valley of North Cyprus. Each of the three sites has different investment costs, storage capacities, and socio-political repercussions. An integrated financial-economic and stakeholder analysis is...

This study examines the durations of unemployment and employment for those in Canada who experience some unemployment between 1972 and 1979. This analysis was carried out using the UIC-ROE data base developed from the administrative records of the Unemployment Insurance Commission. This data...

Large-scale, capital intensive projects in Canada frequently rely on foreign financing and as a result the foreign-owned segment of many sectors has grown considerably. New projects either reallocate the existing foreign investment into the country or cause a net augmentation to the capital...

This paper provides an overview of labour adjustments situations in Canada, the incentives to adjust from the perspective of the workers and the costs and benefits to the economy of different labour adjustment problems and policies. Conceptual models and estimation procedures for arriving at the...

The development of the international petroleum industry has been influenced by the taxation policies of the United States, the home country of most of the major integrated international petroleum producers. These corporations are multinational in the most general definition of the word,...

The Proposed model for the administration of taxes is based on the idea that the tax administration must collect the revenue as specified in the law with a high degree of integrity, while rendering better service to the citizen. In other words, it must consider not just administrative costs but...

The implementation of a system for the withholding of taxes prior to the final clearance of these goods by Customs would strengthen the revenue capacity of the VAT and the tariffs to raise revenues. This system would allow the Customs Department to maintain the same powers of inspection and...

A clear connection should be made between the design of tax structures and administration reform as a condition for achieving the objectives of an overall reform program. At the moment, the generally accepted view is that administrative reforms should complement policy change; instead of giving...

The objective of this study is to analyze the relative impact that the tax policies of several important agriculture producing countries have on the profitability of investment in this sector. Agricultural products constitute some of the most widely traded commodities in existence today and...

The industrial public enterprise sector plays an important role in the economies of developing countries. It spans a whole variety of industries from petrochemicals to textiles. It has produced over 50 per cent of industrial output in countries such as Egypt, Somalia or the United Republic of...